Barcelona president Joan Laporta has declared Lionel Messi wants to stay at Camp Nou as talks over a new contract continue.
The Argentine forward wanted to leave last August before agreeing to stay and reconsider at the end of his existing deal, which expires on June 30.
The captain and record scorer s public show of discontent at Barcelona s leadership led to links with the likes of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, who hoped to sign him on a free transfer.
However, the election of a new president in Laporta appears to have salvaged the 33-year-old s relationship with the club where he has spent the entirety of his professional career.
Amid reports a two-year contract extension is close to being agreed, Laporta has offered his most optimistic u…
Gabriel Martinelli can maintain his excellent form at Bournemouth s expense on Saturday after capitalising on Everton s defensive frailties.
Martinelli scored twice as the Gunners thrashed the sorry Toffees on Wednesday to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League – and hopefully earned you a healthy haul of fantasy points.
If the Brazil winger is not in your team, then it ll perhaps be better late than never, with struggling Bournemouth travelling to Emirates Stadium on the back of a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City.
Danny Ings can make his mark in West Ham s trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, while Harry Kane and Antonee Robinson can also rack up the points.
Using Opta data, Stats Perform highlights why that quartet deserve to …
Gary Neville branded Manchester United s players an embarrassment after Everton s 4-0 demolition of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side at Goodison Park.
United never looked up to scratch in Sunday s Premier League encounter, with Everton taking a 2-0 lead into half-time thanks to Richarlison s acrobatic effort and a wicked strike from Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Lucas Digne s effort and a cute Theo Walcott finish piled further misery on United – who face Manchester City and Chelsea in their next two outings – after the interval, as the Red Devils top-four hopes took a blow.
A raging Neville insisted the blame sits firmly with the players and not Solskjaer, who went over to apologise to United s travelling support after the final whistle.
I m furious, the fact that …
Marcus Rashford is keen to ensure Manchester United s 7-0 loss to Liverpool does not define their season, calling on his team-mates to trust the process .
A week on from ending their six-year wait for silverware in the EFL Cup final, Erik ten Hag s men were dismantled in brutal fashion at Anfield.
Liverpool dealt United their biggest ever defeat in this fixture, with the nature of the collapse harking back to the woeful displays of last season.
Prior to Sunday s match, Rashford had played a key role in leading a United resurgence, and he now wants to ensure their campaign is not derailed.
I wish we could play a game today to try and put things right, Rashford wrote on Twitter. The result is the result, and we can’t see past that!
We must not l…
Ramon Diaz has resigned from his position as Paraguay coach following their elimination from the Copa America Centenario.
A 1-0 defeat to hosts United States on Saturday ended Paraguay s chances of making it to the quarter-finals.
Following the loss in Philadelphia, Diaz took the decision to step down after just 18 months at the helm.
The 56-year-old led Paraguay to the semi-finals of the 2015 Copa America, where they were hammered 6-1 by Argentina. However, Paraguay have won only two of their 11 matches since that tournament.
Diaz leaves La Albirroja in seventh position in the CONMEBOL section of qualifying for World Cup 2018, a point adrift of an automatic place in the tournament in Russia.
Paraguay s campaign continues in September, when the…